410 REED-WRIGHT— THE VERTEBRATES OF [October i, 



ber IS, 1897. In a collection of birds made at Ithaca about fifty 

 years ago are several immature specimens ranging in size from just 

 hatched to birds two-thirds grown. In the spring of 1909 a nest 

 was found in the Renwick marshes. 



38. Family Gaviid^. The Loons. 



105 (7). Gaviaimmer (Briinnich). Common loon. 



Common transient. They appear in the spring from April 14 to 

 May 20, being the most common the very last of April. On April 

 28, 1908, Mr. L. A. Fuertes reported a flock of 50 off the mouth of 

 Taughannock Creek. All of our fall records of this species occur 

 between October 29 and November 29. Audubon mentions this 

 species as breeding on Cayuga Lake in 1824. 



106 (11). Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan). Red- throated loon. 

 Rare. There is a specimen of a male in the collection of Cornell 



University taken on Cayuga Lake at Ithaca, November 4, 1875, by 

 Dr. M. J. Roberts. Another specimen was taken at Sheldrake a few 

 years ago by Jacob Cram. It was identified by L. A. Fuertes, who 

 states that it was probably killed in November, 1889. 



39. Family Alcid^. The Auks. 



107 (31). Uria lomvia (Linnaeus). Briinnich's murre. 

 Occasionally seen in recent years. The first record for Cayuga 



Lake was a specimen reported in 1854 by William Hopkins of Au- 

 burn.^" On December 14, 1895, a specimen was shot and is now in 

 the possession of H. G. Wilson, of Ithaca. On December 16 of the 

 same year two more specimens were killed. According to our 

 records they did not appear again until the fall of 1899 when in Nov- 

 ember a female was obtained. Eaton^" mentions them as on " Cay- 

 uga Lake, winter of 1899." The next record was a specimen taken 

 at Ithaca December 19, 1901 by T. L. Hankinson. Since that date 

 we have no knowledge of this species on the lake. 



" Hopkins, William, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. V., p. 13, July, 1854. 

 "^ Eaton, E. H., " Birds of Western New York," Proc. Rochester Acad. 

 Scl, Vol. IV., pp. 1-164. 



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